The body of each lamp has been formed using the Murano glass blowing technique.

Completely cord and battery-free, the Trap Light utilizes special photoluminescent pigments to absorb “waste energy” from surrounding light sources, which it then emits as a soft ambient glow at night. A thirty minute ‘charge’ of recycled light from a traditional incandescent or LED light bulb provides up to eight hours of clean, green lighting.

The body of each lamp has been formed using the Murano glass blowing technique. The close, hands-on approach allows the designers to embed photoluminescent pigments directly into the glass body of the lamp with ease.

If you’re in Milan this week, be sure to swing by the Spazio Rossana Orlandi to get a first-hand look at this stunning design.

I noticed in the last picture a shadow of a light bulb screw end – and since I also blow glass, the author or photographer’s captions are incorrect, making me to believe that this is just a hoax or an ill-researched and poorly explained concept. A bit of physics would show that it’s not possible to make the “perpetual motion machine” nor create more energy than is surrounding – without some “fuel.” Also there’s no mention of how long this luminescence lasts. More data, please.